Vocab Words

Comics-"juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer." (p. 9)

Icon-"any image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea." (p.27)

Gutter-the space between the panels of the comic where "human imagination takes two separate images and transforms them into a single idea." (p. 66)

Bleeds-"when a panel runs off the edge of the page." (p. 103)

Motion Lines-"lines that represent motion and speed." (p. 110)

Closure: "the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole." (p. 63)

Splash: a full page drawing, most of the time it has the title and credits and is the first page of a comic.

Panel: the box or space where the pictures and words are in comics.

The path of the medium that is comics:
1.Idea/purpose- the content of the work and the philosophy behind it.
2.Form- the medium
3.Idiom- the style that the work is done in
4.Structure- how the piece is composed
5.Craft- The actual making of the work.
6.Surface- The part that you see, the visual aspect.
(p. 170)

Transitions-
1.Moment-to-moment- when nothing happens in between the panels.
2. Action-to-action- a sort of before and after shot of an action
3. Subject-to-subject- "the movement between two different subjects while staying within a scene or idea."
4. Scene-to-scene- Requires deductive reasoning from the reader because it "transports us across significant distances of time and space."
5. Aspect-to-aspect- "bypasses time for the most part and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of a place, idea or mood."
6. Non-sequitur- "no logical relationship between two panels whatsoever."
(p. 71-72)